Android Home Screen Shortcuts--:…

UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT permission to your AndroidManifest.xml:

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<uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT" />

call the com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT action:

full source code:

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public void addShortcut(){
                this.mActivity.sendBroadcast(getShortcutIntent(1));
        }

        
        
        private Intent getShortcutIntent(int type){
                Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent();
                shortcutIntent.setClassName(this.mActivity.getPackageName(), "com.lang.quotes.MainActivity");
                shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                // 这里必须为Intent设置一个action，可以任意(但安装和卸载时该参数必须一致) 
            shortcutIntent.setAction(Const.G_SHORTCUT_ACTION);  

                Intent localIntent = new Intent();
                localIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
                localIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, this.mActivity.getResources().getString(R.string.app_name));
                //不允许重复创建  
                localIntent.putExtra("duplicate", false);
                if( type == 1){
                        localIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE, Intent.ShortcutIconResource.fromContext(this.mActivity, R.drawable.icon));
                        localIntent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.INSTALL_SHORTCUT");
                }
                if( type == 2){
                        Log.i(Const.LOG_TMP, "removeShorcut 2");
                        localIntent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");
                }
                return localIntent;
        }
        
        private void removeShorcut(){
                Log.i(Const.LOG_TMP, "removeShorcut");
                this.mActivity.sendBroadcast(getShortcutIntent(2));
        }

http://codinggeek.org/2011/01/31/android-home-screen-shortcuts-part-iii-remove-shortcuts/